Birthdays:
2018 ~ Prince Louis of Cambridge, member of the British royal family. He is of the House of Windsor. He is the second son and third child of William, Prince of Wales and Catherine Middleton.
1990 ~ Dev Patel, British actor best known for his roles in Slum Dog Millionaire and Lion. He was born in Harrow, England.
1977 ~ John Oliver (né John William Oliver), English comedian and television talk show host. He was born in Birmingham, England.
1977 ~ Kal Penn (né Kalpen Suresh Modi), American actor. He also served as the Associate Director in the Office of Public Liaison during the Obama Administration. He was born in Montclair, New Jersey.
1968 ~ Timothy McVeigh (né Timothy James McVeigh; d. June 11, 2001), American terrorist. He was born in Lockport, New York. He was executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. He was 33 years old.
1960 ~ Valerie Bertinelli (née Valerie Anne Bertinelli), American actress. She is best known for her role as Barbara Cooper Royer on the television sit-com One Day at a Time, which ran from 1975 until 1984. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware.
1957 ~ Jan Hooks (née Janet Vivian Hooks; d. Oct. 9, 2014), American comedienne who skewered the famous. She was a member of the Saturday Night Live ensemble in the late 1980s. She was born in Decatur, Georgia. She died of throat cancer at age 57 in Woodstock, New York.
1955 ~ Judy Davis (née Judith Davis), Australian actress. She was born in Perth, Australia.
1954 ~ Michael Moore (né Michael Francis Moore), American movie director and social activist. He was born in Flint, Michigan.
1946 ~ Blair Brown (née Bonnie Blair Brown), American actress. She is best known for her role as Molly Dodd in the television comedy The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, which ran from 1987 to 1991. She was born in Washington, D.C.
1943 ~ Tony Esposito (né Anthony James Esposito; d. Aug. 10, 2021), Canadian professional ice hockey player and Black Hawks goalie who pioneered “butterfly” saves on ice. He played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League, 15 of those for the Chicago Black Hawks. He was the younger brother of hockey player Phil Esposito. He was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. He died at age 78 of pancreatic cancer in Chicago, Illinois.
1936 ~ Roy Orbison (né Roy Kelton Orbison; d. Dec. 6, 1988), American singer and musician. He was born in Vernon, Texas. He died of a heart attack at age 52 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
1933 ~ Annie Easley (d. June 25, 2011), African-American computer scientist and mathematician. She went to Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She worked for NASA. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She died in Cleveland, Ohio. She died at age 78.
1932 ~ Jim Fixx (né James Fuller Fixx; d. July 20, 1984), American runner and fitness author. He was born in New York, New York. He died of a heart attack while jogging in Hardwick, Vermont. He was 52 years old.
1932 ~ Halston (né Roy Halston Frowick; d. Mar 26, 1990), American fashion designer. He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He died less than a month before his 58th birthday in San Francisco, California.
1930 ~ Duvall Hecht (né Duvall Young Hecht; d. Feb. 10, 2022), American Olympic rower who invented Books on Tape. He was a competitive rower and received a gold medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1975, he founded Books on Tape. Inc. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He died at age 91 in Costa Mesa, California.
1928 ~ Shirley Temple Black (d. Feb. 10, 2014), American child star who became a United States Ambassador. She was born in Santa Monica, California. She died at age 85 in Woodside, California.
1926 ~ J.P. Donleavy (né James Patrick Donleavy; d. Sept. 11, 2017), Irish-American playwright. He is best known for his novel, The Ginger Man, which was often banned for being obscene. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He died at age 91 in Ireland.
1923 ~ Dolph Briscoe, Jr. (d. June 27, 2010), 41st Governor of Texas. He was Governor from January 1973 until January 1979. He was born and died in Uvalde, Texas. He died at age 87.
1921 ~ Judy Agnew (née Elinor Isabel Judefind; d. June 20, 2012), Second Lady of the United States and wife of United States Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She died in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 91 years old.
1910 ~ Sheila Macintyre (née Sheila Scott; d. Mar. 21, 1960), Scottish mathematician. She is best known for her work on the Whittaker constant. She was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She died of breast cancer about a month before her 50thbirthday in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1902 ~ Halldór Kiljan Laxness (né Halldór Guõjónsson; d. Feb. 8, 1998), Icelandic writer and recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was born and died in Reykjavik, Iceland. He died at age 95.
1899 ~ Bertil Ohlim (né Bertil Gottard Ohlim; d. Aug. 3, 1979), Swedish economist and recipient of the 1977 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He died at age 80.
1897 ~ Lester B. Pearson (né Lester Bowles Pearson; d. Dec. 27, 1972), 14th Prime Minister of Canada and recipient of the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis. He served as Prime Minister from April 1963 until April 1968. He was born in Newtonbrook, Ontario, Canada. He died of cancer at age 75 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1867 ~ Johannes Fibiger (né Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger; d. Jan. 30, 1928), Danish physician and recipient of the 1926 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He died of colon cancer at age 60 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1861 ~ Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (né Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby; d. May 14, 1936), British general. He died suddenly from a ruptured cerebral aneurysm about 3 weeks after his 75th birthday in London, England.
1858 ~ Max Planck (né Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck; d. Oct. 4, 1947), German theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his research in quantum theory. He died at age 89.
1856 ~ Granville Woods (né Granville Tailer Woods; d. Jan. 30, 1910), African-American inventor and engineer. He held over 50 patents. He was born in Columbus, Ohio. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 53 in New York, New York.
1853 ~ Winthrop Crane (né Winthrop Murray Crane; d. Oct. 2, 1920), 40th Governor of Massachusetts. He was Governor from January 1900 until January 1903. He subsequently went on to become a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He was born and died in Dalton, Massachusetts. He died at age 67.
1813 ~ Frédéric Ozanam (d. Sept. 8, 1853), French scholar and co-founder of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He was born in Milan, Kingdom of Italy. He died of consumption at age 40 in Marseilles, France.
1813 ~ Stephen A. Douglas (né Stephen Arnold Douglas; d. June 3, 1861), United States Senator and Presidential candidate who ran against Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Brandon, Vermont. He died at age 48 of typhoid fever in Chicago, Illinois.
1791 ~ James Buchanan, Jr. (d. June 1, 1868), 15th President of the United States. He was President from March 1857 until March 1861. He had previously served as the 17th United States Secretary of State under Presidents James Polk and Zachary Taylor. He was born in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. He died at age 77 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
1775 ~ J.M.W. Turner (né Joseph Mallord William Turner; d. Dec. 19, 1851), English landscape painter. He was born and died in London, England. He died of cholera at age 76.
1720 ~ Vilna Gaon (né Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman; d. Oct. 9, 1797), Lithuanian rabbi and Talmudist. He died at age 77.
1680 ~ Anna Canalis di Cumiana (d. Apr. 13, 1769), and second wife of Victor Amadeus II, King of Sicily (1666 ~ 1732). They married in 1730. It was a morganatic marriage, thus she was never the queen consort. Instead, she was given the title of Marchesa of Spigno. The king was her second husband. She had previously been married to Ignazio Francesco Novarina, Conte di San Sebastiano. She died at 10 days before her 89th birthday.
1628 ~ Johann van Waveren Hudde (b. Apr. 15, 1704), Dutch mathematician. He also served as a governor of the Dutch East Indies Company. He was born and died in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He died 8 days before his 75th birthday.
1564 ~ William Shakespeare (d. Apr. 23, 1616), English playwright. (This is considered his birth date based upon the April 26, 1616 baptism records.) He is believed to have died on his 52nd birthday.
1464 ~ Joan of Valois (d. Feb. 4, 1505), Queen consort of France and first wife of King Louis XII. They were married in 1476, but the marriage was annulled in December 1498. Following the annulment, she founded the monastic Order of the Sisters of the Annunciation of Mary. In the 1950s, she was made a saint. She was of the House of Valois. She was the daughter of Louis XI, King of France and Charlotte of Savoy. She was Roman Catholic. She died at age 40.
1420 ~ George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia (d. Mar. 22, 1471). He ruled Bohemia from March 1458 until his death in 1471. He was married twice. His first wife was Kunigunde of Sternberg (1425 ~ 1449). His second wife was Johana of Rožmitál (1430 ~ 1475). He was of the House of Poděbrady. He was the son of Victor of Munsterberg and Anna of Wartenberg. He died a month before his 51st birthday.
1185 ~ Afonso II, King of Portugal (d. Mar. 25, 1223). He reigned as King of Portugal from March 1211 until his death 12 years later. He was known as Afonso the Fat. He was married to Urraca of Castile (1180s ~ 1220). They married in 1206. He was of the House of Burgundy. He was the son of Sancho I, King of Portugal, and Dulce of Aragon. He died about a month before his 38th birthday.
1141 ~ Malcolm IV, King of Scotland (d. Dec. 9, 1165). He reigned as King of Scots from May 1153 until his death in December 1165. He succeeded his grandfather, David I, King of Scotland. He never married. He was of the House of Dunkirk. He was the son of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon and Northumbria, and Ada de Warenne. He died suddenly at age 24.
Events that Changed the World:
2023 ~ Joe Biden (b. 1942) officially announced his intention to run for re-election in the 2024 presidential campaign. If successful, he would be the oldest president in United States history.
2018 ~ A 25-year-old man deliberately drove his van into a busy business district in Toronto, Canada ramming his van into pedestrians. He killed 11 people and seriously injured several others.
2005 ~ The first YouTube video was posted on the internet. It was entitled Me at the Zoo.
1985 ~ The Coca-Cola company released its new formula, New Coke. The response was so negative that the original formula was back on the market within three months.
1954 ~ Hank Aaron (1934 ~ 2021) hit the first of his 755 major-league home runs.
1940 ~ The Rhythm Night Club fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi killed over 200 people.
1661 ~ Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1630 ~ 1685) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1635 ~ Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts was founded. It is the first public school in the United States.
1516 ~ The Munich Reinheitsgebot, which are the regulations governing the ingredients in German beer, became enforceable in Bavaria.
1348 ~ Edward III, King of England (1312 ~ 1377) founded the Most Noble Order of the Garter. It is the highest order of chivalry existing in England.
1016 ~ Edmund II (990 ~ 1016), also known as Edmund Ironside, succeeded his father, Æthelred the Unready (966 ~ 1016) as King of England.
Good-Byes:
2022 ~ Orrin Hatch (né Orrin Grant Hatch; b. Mar. 22, 1934), American lawyer and politician. He was conservative who served seven Senate terms. He was a United States Senator from Utah and served as the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from January 2015 until January 2019. He was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania. He died at age 88 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
2020 ~ Valentina Blackhorse (b. Sept. 2, 1919), Navajo Nation pageant winner who dreamed of entering politics and becoming a delegate to the Navajo Nation Council. She was born in Tuba City, Arizona. She died at age 28 of Covid-19.
2019 ~ Henry W. Bloch (né Henry Wollman Bloch; b. July 30, 1922), American banker, businessman and co-founder of H&R Block. He was born and died in Kansas City, Missouri He died at age 96.
2018 ~ Doreen Simmons (née Doreen Sylvia Clarke; b. May. 29, 1932), British teacher who made it big in the world of sumo. She was best known for her English radio commentary on Sumo wrestling. She was born in Nottingham, England. She died at age 85 in Tokyo, Japan.
2018 ~ Bob Dorough (né Robert Lrod Dorough, b. Dec. 12, 1923), American jazzman who created Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of television cartoons on Saturday morning television from the 1970s to the 1990s. He was born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas. He died at age 94 in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania.
2018 ~ Alice Provensen (née Alice Rose Twitchell; b. Aug. 14, 1918), American illustrator who, along with her husband, Martin Provensen (1916 ~ 1987) brought kids’ books to life. She illustrated many books in the Golden Book Series. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She died at age 99 in San Clemente, California.
2015 ~ Richard Corliss (né Richard Nelson Corliss; b. Mar. 6, 1944), American film critic. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 71 from complications of a stroke in New York, New York.
2014 ~ Connie Marrero (né Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos; b. Apr. 25, 1911), Cuban baseball pitcher who bamboozled batters. He played for the Washington Senators. He died 2 days before his 103rd birthday in Havana, Cuba.
2013 ~ Frank W.J. Olver (né Frank William John Olver; b. Dec. 15, 1924), English mathematician. He died at age 88 in Rockville, Maryland.
2007 ~ David Halberstam (d. Apr. 10, 1934), American journalist and author. He was born in New York, New York. He was killed in a car accident in Menlo Park, California, just 13 days before his 73rd birthday.
2007 ~ Boris Yeltsin (b. Feb. 1, 1931), 1st President of Russia. He was in that Office from July 1991 until December 1999. He died of congestive heart failure at age 76 in Moscow, Russia.
1997 ~ Dorothy Hill (b. Sept. 10, 1907), Australian geologist and paleontologist. She was the first female professor at an Australian university. She was employed at Queensland University. She is best known for her work on coral faunas. She was born and died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She died at age 89.
1996 ~ P.L. Travers (née Helen Lyndon Goff; b. Aug. 9, 1899), Australian author, best known for her children’s novel, Mary Poppins. She took the penname Pamela L. Travers; but went by P.L. Travers. She was the subject of the 2013 movie Saving Mr. Banks. She was born in Mayborough, Colony of Queensland, Australia. She died at age 96 in London, England.
1995 ~ Howard Cosell (né Howard William Cohen; b. Mar. 25, 1918), American sportscaster. He was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He died of a heart attack about a month after his 77th birthday in New York, New York.
1995 ~ John Stennis (né John Cornelius Stennis; b. Aug. 3, 1901), American United States Senator from Mississippi. He served in the Senate from November 1947 until January 1989. The John C. Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi is named in his honor. He was born in Kemper County, Mississippi. He died at age 93 in Jackson, Mississippi.
1993 ~ César Chávez (né César Estrada Chávez; b. Mar. 31, 1927), American labor activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers. He was born in Yuma, Arizona. He died 23 days after his 66th birthday in San Luis, Arizona.
1990 ~ Paulette Goddard (née Marion Levy; b. June 3, 1910), American actress and model. She was born in New York, New York. She died of heart failure at age 79 in Switzerland.
1986 ~ Otto Preminger (né Otto Ludwig Preminger; b. Dec. 5, 1905), Ukrainian-born film director. He died at age 80 in New York, New York.
1985 ~ Sam Ervin (né Samuel James Ervin, Jr.; b. Sept. 27, 1896), American politician from North Carolina. He is best known for leading the investigation into the 1972-73 Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. He was born in Morganton, North Carolina. He died at age 88 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
1985 ~ Sarah T. Hughes (née Sarah Augusta Tilghman; b. Aug. 2, 1896), American attorney and Federal District Judge. She is best known for administering the oath of Office to President Johnson following the assassination of President Kennedy. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She died in Dallas, Texas at age 88.
1983 ~ Buster Crabbe (né Clarence Linden Crabbe, II; b. Feb. 7, 1908), American swimmer and actor. He was born in Oakland, California. He died of a heart attack at age 75 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
1963 ~ Itzhak Ben-Ziv (b. Nov. 24, 1884), 2nd President of the State of Israel. He served as President from December 1952 until his death at age 78 in April 1963. He was born in Poltava, Ukraine. He died in Jerusalem, Israel.
1951 ~ Charles G. Dawes (né Charles Gates Dawes; b. Aug. 27, 1865), 30th Vice President of the United States. He served under President Calvin Coolidge from March 1925 until March 1929. He had previously served as the 1st Director of the United States Bureau of the Budget, which was during the Warren Harding administration. He was also the co-recipient of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Dawes Plan for World War I reparations. He was born in Marietta, Ohio. He died at age 85 in Evanston, Illinois.
1923 ~ Princess Louise of Prussia (née Louise Marie Elizabeth; b. Dec. 3, 1838), member of the Prussian royal family. She married Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826 ~ 1907) in 1856. Upon her marriage, she became the Grand Duchess of Baden. She was of the House of Hohenzollern. She was the daughter of William I, Emperor of Germany and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. She was Protestant. She died at age 84.
1915 ~ Rupert Brooke (né Rupert Chawner Brooke; b. Aug. 3, 1887), English poet best known for his idealistic sonnets written during World War I. He died of sepsis from an infected mosquito bite while on his way to Gallipoli. He was 27 years old.
1780 ~ Maria Antonia of Bavaria (b. July 18, 1724), Electress consort of Saxony. She was the wife of Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony. She was of the House of Wittelsbach. She was the daughter of Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor and Maria Amalia of Austria. She died at age 56.
1850 ~ William Wordsworth (b. Apr. 7, 1770), English poet and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. He died 16 days after his 80th birthday.
1620 ~ Hayyim ben Joseph Vital (b. Oct. 11, 1543), rabbi from Safed. The exact date of his birth is not known, but his is believed to have been born on October 11, 1543. He died at age 77.
1616 ~ William Shakespeare (b. Apr. 23, 1564), English dramatist. He died on or about his 52nd birthday, as the actual date of his birth is unknown, but is often ascribed to April 23, 1616 based on his April 26 baptism records.
1605 ~ Boris Godunov (b. 1551), Russian tsar. He ruled over Russia from 1598 until his death in 1605. In 1598, He married Maria Skuratove-Belskaya (1552 ~ 1605). He was of the Godunov dynasty. He was Russian Orthodox. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been about 54 at the time of his death. His wife was murdered shortly after his death.
1307 ~ Joan of Acre (b. April 1272), member of the English royal family. She was married twice. Her first husband, whom she married in 1290, was Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester (1243 ~ 1295). She was his second wife. After his death, she secretly married Sir Ralph de Monthermer (1270 ~ 1325). She was of the House of Plantagenet. She was the daughter of Edward I, King of England and Infanta Eleanor of Castile. The exact date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about 35 at the time of her death.
1217 ~ Inge II, King of Norway (b. 1185). He ruled Norway from 1204 until his death in 1217. He was not deemed to be a strong king. He was of the House of Godwin. He was the son of Bård Guttormsson and Cecilia Sigurdstodder. He was Roman Catholic. The date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been 31 or 32 at the time of his death.
1196 ~ Béla III, King of Hungary (b. 1148). He ruled Hungary and Croatia from 1172 until his death in 1196. He was married twice. His first wife was Agnes of Antioch (1154 ~ 1184). His second wife was Margaret of France (1158 ~ 1197). He was of the Árpád Dynasty. He was the son of Géza II, King of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev. She was Roman Catholic. The exact date of his birth is not known, but he is believed to have been about 47 or 48 at the time of his death.
1151 ~ Adeliza of Louvain (b. 1103), Queen consort of England. She was the second wife of Henry I, King of England (1068 ~ 1135). They married in 1121. After his death, she married William d’Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel (d. 1176) in 1138. She was of the House of Reginar. She was the daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Louvain and Ida of Chiny. The date of her birth is not known, but she is believed to have been about age 48 at the time of her death.
1124 ~ Alexander I of Scotland (b. 1078). He ruled Scotland from January 1107 until his death 17 years later. He was married to Sybilla of Normandy (1092 ~ 1122). He was of the House of Dunkeld. He was the son of Malcolm III, King of Scotland and Margaret of Wessex. He died at age 45, although the date of his birth is unknown.
1016 ~ Æthelred the Unready (b. 968), King of England. He ruled England from 978 until 1013, and then again from 1014 until his death in 1016. He was married twice. His first wife was Ælfgifu of York (970 ~ 1002). They were the parents of Edmund the Ironside. His second wife was Emma of Normandy (984 ~ 1052). He was of the House of Wessex. He was the son of Edgar, King of the English and Ælthryth. He died at about age 48. The exact date of his birth is unknown.
871 ~ Æthelred, King of Wessex (b. 840s). He ruled over Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was married to Wulfthryth. He was of the House of Wessex. He was the son of Æthelwulf and Osburh.
303 ~ Saint George (b. 275), Roman soldier and martyr. The date of his birth is unknown.
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